Pierrick Hildebrand

The Zurich Origins of Reformed Covenant Theology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a fresh interpretation of covenantal theology in the Reformation by demonstrating how the writings of the Zurich reformers Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) and his successor Heinrich Bullinger (1504-75) decisively shaped a foundation of the Reformed tradition. The book overturns previous research that has both emphasized Zurich's irreconcilability with later developments of Reformed covenant theology and downplayed the contribution of the Zurich theologians in favor of figures such as Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) and John Calvin (1509-64). It argues for the dependence of Calvin and other leading figures on Zurich and for continuity in the later Reformed tradition with its origins in the 1520s. Pierrick Hildebrand demonstrates that the concept of a prelapsarian covenant, generally used as an argument for discontinuity between Zurich and Heidelberg, was clearly present in Zwingli and Bullinger. Further, Bullinger's covenantal terminology, which integrates the concept of the covenant with union with Christ, was adopted by Calvin and later by the Heidelberg theologians. Rejecting the idea that Zurich and Geneva represented two different traditions, Hildebrand details significant continuities and agreement while paying attention to differences. To do this, he draws on printed texts but also makes extensive use of previously unexamined manuscript sources, such as commentaries and sermon notes, to provide a much fuller account of the origins of Reformed covenantal theology. Working across a range of literary genres and with careful attention to historical contexts, this book presents the evolution of a crucial part of Reformation thought in a new light.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197607589
• Artikelnr.: 70308518

Autorenporträt

Pierrick Hildebrand is an Associate Researcher at the Swiss Reformation Studies Institute at the University of Zurich and a minister in the Reformed Church of Bern. His research interests lie with the history and theology of the Reformed tradition in the Reformation and early post-Reformation.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: Zwingli as Initiator
Chapter One: Testamental Discontinuity, 1519-1525
Chapter Two: Zwingli's Covenantal Turn of 1525
Part Two: Heinrich Bullingerand the Development of a Tradition
Chapter Three: Mutual Influence, to 1534
Chapter Four: The Centrality of the Covenant, 1534-1551
Chapter Five: Consolidation, 1551-1575
Part Three: Receptions
Chapter Six: Calvin
Chapter Seven: Heidelberg
Epilogue
Appendices
Index